Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] he by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Adam ! ’ she screamed , reached out and caught him by the sleeve . |
| 2 | Harry ran and caught him by the arm , clenching his fingers desperately into the folds of the wide velvet sleeve . |
| 3 | I pulled Armstrong in behind his car , got out and joined him by the gate . |
| 4 | Then he sprang savagely on top of him , and grappled him by the throat — as once he must have grappled with little William . |
| 5 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
| 6 | A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair . |
| 7 | The cabby refused and grabbed him by the arm , at which point the robber pulled free and ran off . |
| 8 | Graham swung round to Laidlaw and grabbed him by the front of his shirt . |
| 9 | You 'll be doing him a favour , she 'd thought , and so as he wandered past the kitchen on a mid-afternoon stroll she crept up behind him and grabbed him by the neck . |
| 10 | Malik practically ran at him and grabbed him by the lapels . |
| 11 | Meredith , noticing Bunny fumbling in the pocket of his mackintosh , leaned across the table and seized him by the wrist . |
| 12 | Paul did not , or affected not to , hear her and Erika walked across the yard and took him by the elbow . |
| 13 | A few minutes later she hurried back and took him by the hand . |
| 14 | He reached for Pie and took him by the throat . |
| 15 | At the house door she left the candle burning upon a shelf within , and took him by the hand to lead him across the stones of the court to the wicket gate ; but he halted her suddenly , drawing her back within the shelter of the doorway . |
| 16 | In the city one morning , as he turned the corner of the street into the shade of the acacias on the main boulevard , a woman ran out and plucked him by the sleeve , pulled him into a doorway and snatched his hand to kiss it . |